Kubota F series

[JOHNTHOMAS]

The meter readings really help as a slope never looks as steep in a picture as it really is.

True and there is also the........The higher your butt is off of the ground the steeper it feels". Why I got rid of the Grand L3240HST+ in quick time. Great tractor but it exercised my spincter muscle to much for a more mature man. :laughing:
I am surprised that the reading isn't higher. I'd of guessed closer to 35 or 40 just by feel on the machines. And 88 on the L.:laughing:

 

[TripleR]

True and there is also the........The higher your butt is off of the ground the steeper it feels". Why I got rid of the Grand L3240HST+ in quick time. Great tractor but it exercised my spincter muscle to much for a more mature man. :laughing:
I am surprised that the reading isn't higher. I'd of guessed closer to 35 or 40 just by feel on the machines. And 88 on the L.:laughing:

Seat height sure makes a difference in how it feels, it took me quite a while to get use to operating on slopes after we got our hill farms. I grew up farming in the flat lands. Our first hill tractor was a fairly low Massey Ferguson 375 and I got use to it then we got the cabbed Case CX80 and

I can't say as I am ever "comfortable mowing cross slope on steep terrain even though I have done the same slopes since 1986. My sons grew up doing it and running slopes is no different than flat land.

 

[jcummins]

I feel like a wimp on slopes. My pucker factor comes into play on a small slant. I need to toughen up somehow.

 

[Xfaxman]

Seat height sure makes a difference in how it feels, it took me quite a while to get use to operating on slopes after we got our hill farms. I grew up farming in the flat lands. Our first hill tractor was a fairly low Massey Ferguson 375 and I got use to it then we got the cabbed Case CX80 and

I can't say as I am ever "comfortable mowing cross slope on steep terrain even though I have done the same slopes since 1986. My sons grew up doing it and running slopes is no different than flat land.

I feel like a wimp on slopes. My pucker factor comes into play on a small slant. I need to toughen up somehow.

I know the pucker factor feeling , this was the first time that I mowed the back of the dam. I need to find my angle finder and see what it is.

 

[jcummins]

That dam looks like 30+ degrees...maybe 35.

How you like the Toolcat?

 

[TripleR]

I know the pucker factor feeling , this was the first time that I mowed the back of the dam. I need to find my angle finder and see what it is.

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I will be curious to see the angle also, we have one dam about that steep and I just can't bring myself to mow across it, I go up and down. Sometimes our renter mows it across sope, but he uses a John Deere 7000 with dual rear wheels.

I really need to buy an inclinometer.

 

[houstonscott]

I sure like the looks of that tool cat.


HS

 

[Xfaxman]

That dam looks like 30+ degrees...maybe 35.

How you like the Toolcat?

Love it, that is a 7' brush hog on it.

More here: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/toolcat/275578-5610-cutting-brush.html , http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/toolcat/273429-toolcat-v417.html

I will be curious to see the angle also, we have one dam about that steep and I just can't bring myself to mow across it, I go up and down. Sometimes our renter mows it across sope, but he uses a John Deere 7000 with dual rear wheels.

I really need to buy an inclinometer.

The plans it was built from called for a 2/1 slope.

I sure like the looks of that tool cat.

HS

Thanks, sure is nice being in the cab when the dust is flying!

 

[jcummins]

The plans it was built from called for a 2/1 slope.


According to this.... Greenbelt Consulting | Relationship between degrees, percent slope, and ratio to express slope gradient ..... that's a 26.6 degree slope.

 

[Xfaxman]

Getting back to the Kubota F series style machine, I took the TORO 325D 4WD out to the back side of the dam. The same place the Toolcat was.

Not much pucker factor at all, just set up on the edge of the seat and hang on with one hand, steer with the other! :laughing:



Notice how the rear end tends to slide down hill in heavy brush.



Does not slide as much with grass.

 

[TailDragon]

Glad i could help on deck adjustment, I am pleased to see others using front mount mowers, even if different colors.If you have the property and slopes they are hard to beat.
When I bought mine the salesman said they had sold several to local city/counties for road side and drainage area mowing. Had not had any complaints from them.
Must admit have not any on dealers lots since then.

 

[EastTexFrank]

Xfaxman, may I congratulate you. Your cajones are at least twice the size of mine.

 

[Xfaxman]

Xfaxman, may I congratulate you. Your cajones are at least twice the size of mine.

Maybe it is that my brain is just half the size of yours! :laughing:

 

[Chris H]

I am glad to see a thread on the F series! I had only dreamed of owning such a machine, when I found one by "accident" on the local Craigslist.
It was a F3060 with a Curtis Cab and a 72" side discharge deck advertised for $4400 with 1100 hours. I left work and stopped on the way to pick up my trailer and some cash. Luckily momma was at work, so I could ask forgiveness instead of permission!
I did end up doing some rust repair and painting on the cab, and added LED work lights for night work.
This machine really eats up the grass. I mow 3 acres with it, and my only complaint is that it does not turn very tightly when ringing a tree. My other machine is a Lastec 421D zero turn with 84" articulated deck, so maybe I am a bit spoiled.
Mostly, I bought my F3060 for snow. I have used my little B6200 with a rear blower for at least 10 years now, and I was sick of blowing in reverse and coming inside covered in snow. I found a L2052-1 snow blower on the local CL and figured I could make it work (it had the necessary reduction box and front mount reciever). It is a bit bigger snowblower that Kubota calls for, but it works great in all but the heaviest of snow where it could use another couple of horsepower... my excuse to find a F3680 I suppose.
I added front tire chains and some more rear weight, as well as adjusting the lift springs and things really worked well.
The Curtis cab is not my favorite, but being out of the wind and having a little heat made me a happy guy.

 

[houstonscott]

Wow, that is one nice machine. Looks great.


HS

 

[Banshee365]

I run a mid-late 90's F2560 on my 15 acre place. I've had it for about 8 years. I bought it used from my neighbor and it now has just over 700 hours on it. I've had no trouble with the machine except for a hydro hose chaffing and finally leaking recently. I'm even on the original deck belt still! I have the 60" side discharge but am confident it would run a 72" easily on half-way maintained grass. It's got the D1105 and is pretty much bullet proof in my opinion. You see these engines everywhere including train car A/C units. I used Kubota engine oil, filters, and SuperUDT. I don't have anything against zero-turns but I much prefer this machine over the ZT's I've ran before.I would really like to have the grass catches sometimes and may look into that in the future.

 

[Xfaxman]

I am glad to see a thread on the F series! I had only dreamed of owning such a machine, when I found one by "accident" on the local Craigslist.
It was a F3060 with a Curtis Cab and a 72" side discharge deck advertised for $4400 with 1100 hours. I left work and stopped on the way to pick up my trailer and some cash. Luckily momma was at work, so I could ask forgiveness instead of permission!
I did end up doing some rust repair and painting on the cab, and added LED work lights for night work.
This machine really eats up the grass. I mow 3 acres with it, and my only complaint is that it does not turn very tightly when ringing a tree. My other machine is a Lastec 421D zero turn with 84" articulated deck, so maybe I am a bit spoiled.
Mostly, I bought my F3060 for snow. I have used my little B6200 with a rear blower for at least 10 years now, and I was sick of blowing in reverse and coming inside covered in snow. I found a L2052-1 snow blower on the local CL and figured I could make it work (it had the necessary reduction box and front mount reciever). It is a bit bigger snowblower that Kubota calls for, but it works great in all but the heaviest of snow where it could use another couple of horsepower... my excuse to find a F3680 I suppose.
I added front tire chains and some more rear weight, as well as adjusting the lift springs and things really worked well.
The Curtis cab is not my favorite, but being out of the wind and having a little heat made me a happy guy.

Good looking mowin, blowin rig! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Yep, needing a cab with heat and A/C is why I have the Toolcat.

 

[IvanS]

Chris H - you got a heck of a deal on that. It should last you forever in the role you are using it.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

F3060 with a Curtis Cab and a 72" side discharge deck advertised for $4400 with 1100 hours.
This would be/was the steal of the year, maybe several years. :thumbsup: :cool2: :thumbsup:

 

[Chris H]

F3060 with a Curtis Cab and a 72" side discharge deck advertised for $4400 with 1100 hours.
This would be/was the steal of the year, maybe several years. :thumbsup: :cool2: :thumbsup:

Thanks all,
I didn't say I paid $4400 for it! :dance1:
If I add up everything, I am at about $6500 for everything including the $350 quick hitch.

Now if I could get some A/C like Xfaxman, then I wouldn't even remove the doors in the summer!